Casualty Underwriting Specialist: Data-Driven & Guideline Lead

The Travelers; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Plan

Holiday entitlement (25–35 days)

Wellness Programme

Volunteer Rewards

Zusammenfassung

Travelers is seeking an experienced Casualty underwriting expert to join our Underwriting Office as a Technical Underwriting Specialist. You will work with Underwriting Officers to shape strategies across our Business Insurance portfolio and own underwriting guides.

The role involves analysing portfolios with BI/Actuarial data, training underwriters, handling referrals, and supporting project work. We welcome an interest in AI and offer a hybrid policy with three days in office and two at home.

Qualifikationen

• Degree education & ACII qualification.
• Typically has proven experience in Underwriting, including identifying and developing new business opportunities.
• Good knowledge of the local insurance marketplace.
• Thorough knowledge of organisational and regulatory rules, policies, procedures and effectively employs that knowledge in day to day work activities.
• Advanced Technical Underwriting knowledge and ability.
• Proven track record of Property or Casualty Underwriting, and demonstrates Advanced Technical knowledge in respect of Casualty and/or Property Insurance.
• Ecommunication and strong teamwork.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and critical thinking.
• Advanced interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate vision and strategy into action plans; ability to lead projects and working groups.
• Effective leadership and influencing skills; ability to ask probing questions to understand business issues and opportunities.
• Consistently set clear direction by defining goals and priorities.
• Self-directed; takes responsibility for decisions and actions.
• Demonstrates intermediate knowledge and ability in respect of Microsoft Office systems including Excel (advanced) and Powerpoint.
• CPCU, ARM or related professional designation or working towards designation.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to the establishment and monitoring of underwriting strategies that reflect market competitive conditions and global BI appetite.
• Assist UW Officers to develop and analyse portfolios from an underwriting perspective utilising MI/BI data and reporting insights from multiple sources - Business Intelligence, Actuarial, Catastrophe Modelling, Rating, Claims, Production and other performance data.
• Identify trends by understanding and monitoring key performance metrics.
• Assist the UW Officers with analysis to identify and explain portfolio changes, delivering clear insight into account structure and performance. In setting strategy for rate adequacy and pricing. With preparation of data and narrative for treaty reinsurance and with compilation and monitoring of regulatory returns.
• Work collaboratively with Product Development, AVP's, Portfolio & Product Managers to develop underwriting guidance and best practice (ensure underwriting guidelines are established, updated and fit for purpose).
• Support in the monitoring of legal, regulatory and statutory environments in territories where we trade, industry developments and claims trends, and making recommendations for underwriting strategy revisions.
• Assist the BI UWO in overseeing and engaging in the approval, sign-off and development of policy wordings, Product UW guidance including product appetite.
• Assist the UW Officers in establishing underwriting and pricing guidelines. Responsible for ensuring the repository of technical underwriting guidance remains up to date.
• Participate in, prepare reports and present at Collaborative Underwriting Reviews (CUREs) and Portfolio Reviews.
• Participate in Independent Peer Reviews and Underwriter Level Reviews.
• Contribute in reviewing training needs and creating and delivering training to Underwriters.

Ausbildung

Degree education & ACII qualification

Jobbeschreibung

Travelers is seeking an experienced Casualty underwriting expert to join our Underwriting Office as a Technical Underwriting Specialist. You will work with Underwriting Officers to shape strategies across our Business Insurance portfolio and own underwriting guides.

The role involves analysing portfolios with BI/Actuarial data, training underwriters, handling referrals, and supporting project work. We welcome an interest in AI and offer a hybrid policy with three days in office and two at home.